Over twenty years ago Sandy Fields and
Ken Picklo joined efforts to create a joint inventory of their individual collections of
philatelic show seals and souvenirs, recording both their their holdings and the purchase
prices. The purpose was to provide a checklist of known material with an indication as to
what one or the other had to pay for the item. Eventually they added to the list other
items of which they had become aware but had not yet had the opportunity to acquire. After
Sandy's interests shifted to other areas, Ken continued to maintain and add to the
compilation. The resulting work is an invaluable tool to the collector of such material
and a significant contribution to the hobby as a whole.

A word of caution is offered here to
the user of this reference work. The information was compiled as a working inventory not
a price list. The dollar values were purchase-prices paid at some historic point in
time and should not be construed as estimates of current or consistent value, either today
or at any particular point in the past. Moreover, the market for such material has changed
substantially since much of the data was originally compiled.

Most of the catalog is organized
alphabetically by the name of the club or show that issued the seal. There is a separate
section for seals issued by dealers and others. Those others include such diverse
cinderella classics as Sabor of the Midland, Mrs. Stewarts Bluing, and National Airmail
Week items. Finally there is a cross-index that lists where many of the items that could
be listed in two or more places can be found.